From the awe-inspiring story of the Creation to the defeats and triumphs of Israel to the life, crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, the greatest stories from the Bible are gathered and are presented in a masterful, accessible translation by a distinguished poet and scholar.
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A well-structured review of the Biblical narrative.,
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This review is from: The Bible's Greatest Stories (Mentor) (Mass Market Paperback)
For those moderately familiar with the Bible, this book provides a well-structured review of key stories along with some critical commentary. The table of contents alone is a valuable survey tool, allowing the reader to see the scope and flow of the narrative and find stories and review their details. It's strength is in conveying the flow of history as seen through the authors of scripture. It does not pretend to give a sense of the development of the legal or ethical norms, and law and prophets are not strongly represented. However, it definitely serves a worthy purpose in renewing our familiarity with Biblical stories and characters and their context in the Bible.
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a readable "Bible",
This review is from: The Bible's Greatest Stories (Mentor) (Mass Market Paperback)
Despite the Nancy Drew title, "The Bible's Greatest Stories" appears to have been thought out and well researched, being translated as much as possible from hebrew/greek texts. The text is clear and appears accurate, based on my cursory cross-checking with King James. Most importantly, it's exciting and a page-turner--attributes your plain-jane Bible isn't likely to possess.
Roche has included nearly every piece of the bible that could be sensibly called "a story". Not included are psalmy songs, long levitician legal lists, or "so and so begat who and who begat so on and so on". The story-laden old testament gets more attention than the new (the book ends with St. Paul shipwrecked in Malta, as described in Acts). The four gospels are condensed into a single, easy to follow version. I've wanted to read the bible for a long time and every attempt has failed within a few dozen pages, due to boredom. This book made me more familiar with the bible than I ever expected to become. I've heard the old "Tom Jones" movie described as "Fielding without the waffle." If you like, "The Bible's Greatest Stories" is God's Word without the "waffle".
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I have bought quite a few of The Bible's Greatest Stories book over the years and given them to various people I've come across. I think it's a great, easy to read book filled with many of the great biblical stories that a lay person can read from front to back and walk away with a decent overview of the Bible itself. Obviously it's not a substitute for the Bible itself, but a great start for anyone embarking on the journey of understanding Gods purpose for mankind and what a walk of faith truely means. Again a very easy and fun book to read for anyone regardless of their age, would even make a great bedtime story book for parents to read to their children, well worth the money for this little paper back book in my opinion.
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The Bible creation story is thought by some to be a Hebrew version of an earlier Babylonian creation myth purged of its polytheism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
head butler, head baker, lion pit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord God, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Simon Peter, Old Testament, Red Sea, Ark of the Covenant, Dead Sea, Most High, Mary Magdalene, Sea of Galilee, Alexander the Great, King Ahasuerus, King Nebuchadnezzar, Near East, Asia Minor, Herod Antipas, King Solomon, Mount Sinai, Queen of Sheba, God of Abraham, Holy of Holies, Isaac Asimov, King Herod, Last Supper New!
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The Bible creation story is thought by some to be a Hebrew version of an earlier Babylonian creation myth purged of its polytheism. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
head butler, head baker, lion pit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord God, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Simon Peter, Old Testament, Red Sea, Ark of the Covenant, Dead Sea, Most High, Mary Magdalene, Sea of Galilee, Alexander the Great, King Ahasuerus, King Nebuchadnezzar, Near East, Asia Minor, Herod Antipas, King Solomon, Mount Sinai, Queen of Sheba, God of Abraham, Holy of Holies, Isaac Asimov, King Herod, Last Supper New!
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- Understanding the Old Testament by Jay G. Williams in Front Matter, and page 118
- Absalom And Achitophel by John Dryden on page 332
- Antony and Cleopatra (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare on page 470
- Ten Plays (Signet Classics) by Euripides in Front Matter
- The Way of Life: Tao Te Ching: The Classic Translation (Signet Classics) by Lao Tzu in Back Matter
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